Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: The night before Wyatt comes home

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The night before Wyatt comes home

Tonight we passed our CPR/Choking class and learned how to take care of Wyatt's Peg tube. Tomorrow we are leaving for the hospital around 9am and will be meeting with the equipment company to learn about oxygen and feeding pumps and then will be taking them with us. When we get home, a rep from the company will deliver the big oxygen tank and a rep from the nursing agency will come by for us to sign some papers. Then at 10pm, our shift nurse, Linda will be in our house with Wyatt for 8 hours. Whew! It's going to be a busy day!! Friday and all weekend, I plan on doing nothing but spend time with my family. I have been waiting a long time for this day to come. Wyatt is doing terrific! Besides spitting up, he did gain weight tonight and he is stating in the high 90's without oxygen during waking hours. What am I going to do at home without an Oxygen monitor???? I guess I will just have to rely on my mom instincts. Thank you for all your support and stay tuned for some Chloe and Wyatt pics!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: We are all so happy about Wyatt's homecoming! Looking forward to your first family photo! Enjoy!

Our best to all,
Pam; March 6, 2008 at 5:40 AM
Anonymous said...: Welcome Home Big Guy....Welcome Home.....
Love and hugs,
Karen :); March 6, 2008 at 7:16 AM
Anonymous said...: amazing! i know how happy you must be! Congrats!! many blessings
Dotty cdh momma to Zach 10-26-07; March 6, 2008 at 7:49 AM
Vicki Jensen said...: Good luck with all the running around today and I can't wait to see the first picture of the whole family together!
Love
Vic, James & Jack; March 6, 2008 at 8:43 AM

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Hurdles that I faced and achieved!

After birth, I was placed on ECMO at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 13 days. On day 13, I had a surgery to repair my hernia and was removed from ECMO, but my organs would not fit in my abdomen. I had a silo for a week and then surgery to place the organs back in the abdomen. Then, part of my intestines re-herniated into my chest cavity two months later and I had another surgery to repair that. After my first surgery, I experienced an intraventricular hemorrhage in my brain and at four months old I received a VP shunt. After I was extubated, I learned that I have right vocal cord paralysis. Then I had g-tube surgery and after I finally got to go home after 5 longs months at Johns Hopkins and Mt. Washington Hospital! Only for a few weeks, though. In mid-April my intestines reherniated again and sent me into surgery. I came home, and had a long run before my THIRD reherniation in the beginning of September on Labor Day weekend in 2008. Then I was hospitalized for twice during the winter 2009 for two respiratory infections. Well, I almost lasted a year until my next surgery! Just this past June, in 2009, I had surgery to wrap my stomach around the esophagus, a nissen. This has helped with my reflux and my hiatal hernia. I will be 2 in October, I love scooting around but refuse to stand up and walk. I am a little miracle and thank God, my doctors, my nurses, family, and friends for my strength, my fight and a happy life.